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December 13, 2020 The Third Sunday of Advent

The Sunday Mass will again be live streamed on the St. Leo Hilton Facebook page on Saturday at 4 PM. Confessions will be heard Saturday from 2:30 PM-3:30 PM ADVENT: Confessions 9:30 AM-10:15 AM Rosary will be prayed Saturday at 3:20 PM MASS SCHEDULE FOR THIS WEEK Monday - St. John of the - Priest and 5:30 PM Jacqueline Simms (Uncle Ted Giraulo) Tuesday – Advent Weekday 8:30 AM For the intentions of Tom and Kathi Popowich (Margaret ) Wednesday - Advent Weekday 8:30 AM Canice Karnisky (Richard Flanagan) Thursday - Late Advent Weekday 8:30 AM Andy Kelly (Sue Lorz) Friday - St. Damasus I, 8:30 AM Communion Service Saturday – Late Advent Weekday 4:00 PM John Eichas ( Jim and Carol Steiger) Sunday - Fourth Sunday of Advent 8:00 AM Victor and Geraldine Czyzewski (son, Ron Czyzewski) 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM CONFESSION 10:30 AM Gian Ngo (Xuan Phuang) 6:00 PM Barbara Lenhart (Sue Lorz)

NEW ADVENT CONFESSION TIMES During Advent, Confessions will be heard on Sundays from 9:30AM until 10:15AM to afford people another opportunity for Confession. Confessions will also be heard as usual on Saturdays from 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM.

CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEDULE

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24

3:00 PM 5:00 PM 11:00 PM

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25

10:30 AM RESERVATIONS REQUIRED

SPECIAL TOUCH PIE PICK-UP SATURDAY The pies ordered from Special Touch Bakery will be available for pick-up this Saturday, December 19 between 10:00 AM and 12:00 Noon. Please bring the e-mail receipt from Denise to verify your order. Thank you for supporting St. Leo’s and the School of the Holy Childhood. GAUDETTE SUNDAY “Sunday we give to joy.” (155 A.D.)

110 Old Hojack Lane, PO Box 725, Hilton, NY 14468-0725 | P: 585-392-2710 | F: 585-392-9254 | E: [email protected] | W:www.stleochurch.org THIS WEEK AT ST. LEO’S “Act of Spiritual Communion” Mon. Mass: 5:30 PM; Tues.-Thurs.: Mass 8:30 AM My Jesus, I believe that You are in the Blessed Sacrament. Friday: Communion Service: 8:30 AM I love You above all things, and I long for You in my . Monday - December 14 Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally, come at 5:30 PM Mass least spiritually into my heart. As though You have Tuesday – December 15 already come, I embrace You and unite myself entirely to

8:30 AM Mass You; never permit me to be separated from You. Amen 6:30 PM Knights of Columbus Officer’s Meeting, Room 5 Wednesday - December 16 8:30 AM Mass 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 12:00 Noon - Pray the Rosary for Our Nation Please enter through the Office Thursday - December 17 8:30 AM Mass 7:00 PM AA Meeting, Room5 Friday - December 18 8:30 AM Communion Service We received the following from the Diocese: Saturday - December 19 We are pleased – and amazed – to share that we have surpassed 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Special Touch Pie Pick-up $3.57 million in committed dollars – more than 53% of our overall 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Confession CMA goal. This is 27% ahead of where we were in 2019 at this time, 3:20 PM Rosary and we even have a few parishes that have achieved already their 4:00 PM Mass - Live streamed CMA goals. We give all the credit to our incredibly loyal and gener- Sunday - December 20 - Fourth Sunday of Advent ous donors and the strong leadership demonstrated by our pastors and 8:00 AM Mass parish staff. We are seeing parishes take extra steps this year by send- ing out their own mailings to encourage participation, and by leaning 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM Confession on volunteers to extend their reach beyond the pews. With limited 10:30 AM Mass with Children’s Liturgy staffing at the Diocese, we are making every attempt to be responsive 10:30 AM Social Justice Meeting, Room 5 and to follow up on your phone calls and inquiries in a timely man- 6:00 PM Mass ner. Thank you for your continued patience. We are grateful to you for your excellent work on behalf of the Ministries Appeal! TESTIFY TO THE LIGHT With our very best wishes for a blessed and holy Advent and Our Weekend Scriptures 1st Reading: 61:1-2a, 10-11 Christmas season, Doug & Colleen, Office of Stewardship & Com- God does amazing things! 2nd Reading: I Thessalonians 5:16-24 munications Rejoice, pray, give thanks : John 1:6-8, 19-28 John the THREE PARISHES HAVE SURPASSED THEIR CMA Baptist sets the stage Promise and Fulfilment We hear again from GOALS, one being The Nativity of the Blessed Mary. Isaiah . Familiar words. In Luke’s Gospel, Jesus begins his minis- Nativity, Brockport - 105.60% try by reading this passage from Isaiah, and then proclaiming: St. Mark Church – 87.87% “Today this scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.’ (Luke St. John - 70.48% 2:21), We might think the only meaning of Isaiah’s words were St. - 56.70% as they applied to Jesus. But how limiting that would be of God’s St. Leo - 50.0% - as of 12/07 $35,249.61 with 126 donors Word!! Those filled with the Spirit to Jesus brought good news to the oppressed, tended the brokenhearted, proclaimed lib- erty to captives. Jesus did these things in the most powerful way; those who follow him now, filled with the Spirit, bring Gospel Our Sanctuary Candle in Church burns in prayer in joy into this world by fulfilling this mission as they (we) are memory of Diana Fox called to.. Reread the passage as naming YOUR mission, not just From: The Clarks Jesus’s. Gospel Joy OK. So ’ Apostolic Exhortation ‘The Joy of the Gospel’ (Evangelli guadium) is 47,560 words. However, it is written in clear language, and offers profound in- ST. LEO PARISH MISSION STATEMENT sight into Gospel joy. If on this 3rd Sunday of Advent, Gaudate Provide a warm and supportive community to aid in the of , (rejoice) Sunday, you are looking for sound spiritual reading, to promote evangelization, and to serve God, our congregation and our world. check out ‘The Joy of the Gospel’. Too much? Then take Paul’s Ministry Team advice in the 2nd reading to heart: give thanks in all circumstanc- Rev. Dr. Catanise, SFO, Pastor [email protected] es. When are you ordinarily not thankful? Can you find a reason Deacon, Jim Steiger, [email protected] - 392-9558 or two to thanks even in hardship? Give it a try – see if joy Deacon, Jeff Serbicki, [email protected] - 392-2710 doesn’t result! Testify to the Light , a central fig- Finance Director & Administrative Assistant, ure in the season of Advent, names his mission as ‘testifying to Denise O’Toole, Denise.O’[email protected] Youth Minister, Michele Pechie, [email protected] the light’. His alone, or is that our mission as well? How might I Christian Formation Coordinators, testify to the light tis week? How might you? Nina (Rita) Rivera, [email protected] Mary Lou Rosien, [email protected] “May each Christmas as it comes, find us more and more like Director of Music & Liturgy, Patricia Gorman: [email protected] Him, who as at this time became a little child for our sake - May Bulletin Editor, Sharon Prince, [email protected] we too be more simple-minded, more humble, more holy, more Finance Council Chair, Chair, Dan Schwind affectionate, more resigned, more happy, more full of God.” [email protected] - - St. (1801-1890) Pastoral Council Chair, Jones 392-5087 [email protected] Stewardship Council Chair, Carol Lennon [email protected]

WHAT GIVES YOU JOY? CHRISTMAS GIVING TREE Joy is discovered when we connect with something or someone Our St. Leo Christmas Giving Tree is up in very deeply and experience a dimension of ourselves that material or the Parish life Center. Twenty (20) families are secular possessions cannot bring. Joy is stumbled upon when we see in need this year. This year is different regarding our newly born child for the first time, get caught upon the vastness of gifts. Due to COVID protocols the Churches of a mountain landscape, and are led out into infinity gazing at an Hilton/Parma are asking for gift cards only this ocean’s horizon, or being lovingly present with someone when they year for our families. Many of us are not able to are vulnerable and in need. Joy is a profound experience that in its attend Mass in person, so we are not in the building to pick an uniqueness grounds us in ultimate truth. Did you know that all authen- ornament or two off the tree for those in need. We have many tic, profound, and memorable moments of joy mirror the eternal joy ornaments on our tree! You may also pick up a gift card for we desire from God? We can have glimpses of this eternal Divine joy Tops, Wegmans, Kohl’s, Walmart, or Target and bring to St. as we embark upon our earthly journey, mirrored in our human con- Leo’s. nections with joy, but experienced directly during moments of deep If you would like to choose an ornament but are not able to prayer. God is the joy of my soul. Ponder those intense words! You do so in person, please call the office at 392-2710 and leave a will know moments of true and real joy by paying attention to your message for Michele Pechie. Michele or parish staff will give response to the experience. You will find yourself rejoicing and say- you information on how you can help with the ornaments. Gift ing thank you. cards need to be returned by December 17.

JOIN THE MARIAN BLUE WAVE DEACON BILL’S MOTHER PASSES What would our nation be like if millions of Catholics prayed the Condolences goes to Deacon Bill Lenhart on the passing of Rosary once a week for an end to abortion? The Marian Blue Wave is his Mother, Barbara. Expressions of sympathy may be sent to a call to Catholics across America to pray a weekly Rosary with the him at: Room 217B, Hill Haven Nursing Home, Cobbs Hill specific intentions of ending all clinical, chemical, medical, and surgi- Unit, 1550 Empire Blvd., Webster, NY 14580. cal abortion and shutting down every Planned Parenthood facility in the United States. If you already say a weekly Rosary, sign up and add “The testimony of a good conscience is the glory of a good the MBW intentions to your Rosary. Go to MarianBlueWave.com/ rosary to sign up or learn more about the Marian Blue Wave. Let us remember in prayer Barbara Lenhart, mother of Deacon Bill Lenhart, RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE Andrew (Andy) Kelly, Edward Klaver, Tuesday, December 29, is the date for the next American Red William Barlow, Robert Knyrim, Fr. Conboy, Cross Blood Drive at St. Leo’s. Donate a pint of blood and Eternal rest grant unto him and let perpetual light you have the possibility of saving three lives. Blood is al- shine upon him. ways need year-round but especially during the holiday sea- son. Whole Blood donors may donate every 56 days; Power man; have a good conscience and thou shalt ever have glad- Red every 112 days. Call the Red Cross at 1-800-RED ness.” - Thomas a Kempis (1471) CROSS or 1-800-733-2767 or go to RedCrossBlood.org and enter StLeo’sChurchHilton to schedule an appointment between 12 Noon “The testimony of deeds is more likely to bne believed that and 5 PM. No walk-ins. the testimony of words.” - John Chrysotom 407 A.D. Reprinted with permission, The Joyful Noiseletter ******************************************************** I really only love God as much as I love the person I love the least. - SCRIPTURE CORNER The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolu- Do you want to spend time in prayer each day? A good way to begin is tion of the heart, a evolution which has to start with each one of us.” to read or reread the daily Scripture readings. Prepare for Mass by taking a few moments to read the Scripture readings. - Dorothy Day Readings for the Week of December 06, 2020 “Peace begins with a smile. Smile five times a day at someone Sunday: Is 61:1-2a, 10-11/1 Thes 5:16-24/Jn 1:6-8, 19-28 you don’t really want to smile at. - St. Monday: Nm 24:2-7, 15—-17a/Mt:21:23-27/Mt 21:23-27 Tuesday: Zep 3:1-2, 9-13/Mt 21:28-32 Wednesday: Is 45:6b-8, 18, 21c-25/Lk 7:18b-23 “Do Something Beautiful for God.” - St. Mother Teresa Thursday: Gn 49:2, 8-10/Mt 1:1-17 Friday: Jer 23:5-8/Mt 1:18-25 Saturday: Jgs 13:2-7, 24-25a/Lk 1:5-25 Sunday 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14 16/Rom 16:25-27/Lk 26-38 IN NEED OF OUR PRAYER Pray for our Seminarians Donald Allen, Sandy Bencus, Laura Best, Brian Camp, Sandy Camp, Karen Cardone, Donna Cavallaro, Eugene Colello, David Craner, Amy WEST BY NORTHWEST ULTREYA - A Cursillo Center of the Rochester Deck, Bea Eichas, John Farley, John Flanagan, Mary Berth Fuehrer, Amber Diocese. Ultreya meets the last Saturday of each month at 6:15 PM Fusilli, Carol Garvey, Peter Giangrasso, Pamela Godshalk, Mary Gorman, MINISTRY TO THE SICK: Please contact the Parish Office 392-2710, con- Heather Hebert, Pete Higgins, Theresa Hill, Walt Horylev, Ed Hubbell, cerning the needs of the sick, hospitalized or shut-ins. Those unable to attend Virginia Huehnerbein, Janette Hundley, Marty Klotzbach, Ed Kowalski, Mass regularly will have Holy Communion brought to their homes. Inge Kresimon, Kim Kubitz, Dcn. Bill Lenhart, Stephen Lewis, Joe Manio- Parish Membership: those who choose to worship regularly with us are invited ci Jr., Louise Moats, Leo Morocco, Nicholas O’Hara, Kathy Osolinsky, and welcome to formally join our parish community offering your time, talent Christine Patterson, Mark Patterson, Diana Pinson, Kathi Popowich, There- and financial support Call the Parish Office, 392-2710 to register. sa Palani, Norene Peter, Veronica Rapp, James Robinson, Tina Ruff, Cal- Christian Formation: Ongoing education for Pre-School through adults. Rite of Christian Initiation (RCIA): Our faith community invites anyone who vin Scheuerman, Delaney Scheuerman, Angela Schiffhauer, Rick Schiff- is interested in becoming Catholic or wishes to be fully initiated into the Catho- hauer, Glenn Sels, Vicki Shepherd, Rosemary Sisson, Marianne Spoon- lic Church by their Sacraments contact Mary Lou Rosien, 594-2621, hower, Joan Stanton, Diane Stevely, Jennifer Teremy, Jeff Tydings, [email protected]. Heather VanAuker, Debbie Villareale, Marilyn Walker, Carol Williams, Sacrament of Marriage: Call the Parish Office, 392-2710 when you become Joan Wright, and all in need of prayers. engaged. Sacrament of : Call Carol Steiger at [email protected] 392- 9558. six months before the anticipated birth date. Parent class is required. Our Day Never Ends at Five, Dr. Chris Zastawrny, D.C. Because We Are ALWAYS there for YOU. 16 Main Street, Dr. Nicholas Fiore, D.C. Hilton, NY Dr. Benjamin Read, D.P.T. 585-392-8100 | IntegratedChiroandPT.com Dr. John Zastawrny, D.P.T. Chiropractic / Physical Therapy / Cold Laser Therapy / Orthotics Health & Wellness / Weight Loss / Massage Therapy www.burgerfuneralhome.com Thomas E. Burger, Founder Edelman-Gardner Douglas G. Sholette, Manager RICHARD KANE Cancer Research Foundation Serving St. Leo’s Parish for LUTCF, FIC, CLTC Thank You Over 40 Years Certified Kingdom Advisor® for your past, present and future support 735 East Avenue Hilton Society of Financial Service Professionals www.edelmancrf.com 585-392-7100 P.O. BOX 97, HILTON, NY 14468 Member- NAIFA • Gas Engines • Leaf Blowers • Snow Blowers • String Trimmers • Snowmobiles • Winterization/ • Lawn Mowers Spring Tune-Ups 109 Lake Ave., Hilton, NY • Chainsaws 1871 Clarkson-Parma Townline Road Hilton 585-392-5339 585-481-7134 John VerWulst- Parishioner

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